Master Data in Procurement on a Consignment Basis (SAP Library

Master Data in Procurement on a Consignment Basis

Definition

To order a material as consignment material and be able to post it to the consignment stock, you must specify prices for the material that are the basis for the valuation and settlement of the consignment material. If you order consignment material from various vendors, the consignment stock will be handled separately for each vendor, since the material can have different prices depending on the vendor.

Structure

Material Master

If the consignment material is automatically planned, you can specify in the material master that consignment purchase requisitions should be created during the requirements planning run. To do this, enter the special procurement type Consignment (10) in the selection field Special procurement in the MRP 2 view. This entry also causes warning or error messages to be issued as soon as users manually create a purchase requisition or purchase order without the item category K.

Purchasing Info Record

If you obtain an AFS material from a certain vendor as a consignment material, you must enter at least one consignment info record with price information for that material. If you want to carry out the price determination at SKU level, you must also specify condition records for individual SKUs:

You specify the price for the consignment material in a consignment info record, which you can create in addition to a normal purchasing info record. To create a consignment info record, choose the info category Consignment in the initial screen. During a source allocation for a consignment item, only consignment info records will be taken into account.

Note

It is not possible to create consignment orders without a consignment info record. The existence of a consignment info record does not, however, limit the procurement of the material to the consignment. You can also procure the material using other methods at any time.

You specify prices at grid value, category, or SKU level in the condition records, not in the info record.

To do this, choose Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Master Data ® Conditions ® Other.

Enter the condition type J3AP and choose Enter.

Choose a key combination for the material info record at grid value level, category level, or price group level and confirm your selection.

Choose the info record category 2 (Consignment).

Using the input help, enter the corresponding grid values and categories and specify the prices.

Note

In condition records you have the option of specifying different prices at SKU level for procurement on a consignment basis and other procurement types. You must therefore make sure that you choose the appropriate info record category when you specify the condition records (for example, 2 for procurement on consignment basis, 0 for normal procurement).